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alveary|ˈælviːərɪ|
[ad. L. alveāri-um a range of bee-hives; f. alveus a tub or hollow vessel, hence a bee-hive: see -ary.]
1. A bee-hive; a title given to an early Dictionary of English, Latin, French, and Greek.
1580Baret Alv. To Reader, Within a yeere, or two, they had gathered together a great volume, which (for the apt similitude betweene the good Scholers and diligent Bees in gathering their waxe and honie into their Hiue) I called then their Alvearie. 1660Howell Parly of Beasts 137 (D.) Ther's not the least foulness found in our alvearies or hives. 1669W[orlidge] Syst. Agric. 321 Alveary, a Hive of Bees.
2. Anat. The hollow of the external ear; ‘so called because the cerumen or wax is found there.’ Syd. Soc. Lex. 1879.
1719Webster cites Quincy. 1751Chambers Cycl., Alvearium, the bottom of the concha, or hollow of the auricle, or outer ear. |